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Five patients (84%) had red-ragged fibers and phantom fibers in the Cox stain in the muscle biopsy. Four patients (67%) had presence of 3243AG mutation in the mitochondrial MT-TL1 gene. One patient died because of status epilepticus. MELAS syndrome represents a common diagnostic challenge for clinicians, often delaying definitive diagnosis. It should be suspected in young patients with stroke of undetermined etiology associated with other systemic and neurological features. MELAS syndrome represents a common diagnostic challenge f